Ellen Degeneres
Modern day hero’s can be found everywhere. These people can make a huge difference in many people’s lives. One great example of a modern day hero is Ellen Degeneres. Ellen is a comedian on her talk show called, The Ellen Show. She was born January 26, 1958 in New Orleans (“Ellen Degeneres”). Ellen impacts someone’s life almost everyday and she puts others before herself which is the definition of a hero. Her selfless acts and courageousness make her a modern day hero (Clark, Cindy).
Ellen’s generosity has touched many and made a difference for many different types of people. Ellen has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to all types charities around the globe.
Ellen once donated $10,000 dollars to the Cystic Fibrosis Organization …show more content…
Secondly, on Ellen’s own birthday she surprised her entire audience with $1 million dollars (Bried, Erin).
Because of Ellen’s kind and caring nature she uses her fame to help others rather than to better her owns self. Ellen helps people because of the tremendous joy she feels when she gives to what she knows is a good and deserving cause. Ellen’s courageousness can be seen in many aspects of her life. She spoke up for people in the LGBT, Human Activist and Rights, and Feminist communities.
Ellen was well known in the late 1990’s and 2000’s with a great reputation and loved by millions, so when she came out as a lesbian it really caused people to think. She was one of the first people to officially come out and speak openly about the topic. This gave the LGBT community a very good start to eventually having gay marriage legalized in the United States (Anderson- Minshall).
Ellen gave people the strength to speak their own minds. Without Ellen there would have been a huge set back in the LGBT community. She gave kids and adults the courage to speak up for what they believe